Our first steps help file and our FAQ will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing here and assume good faith for the intentions of others. This is a wiki - it is really easy.

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. --Siebrand 20:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. --Siebrand 20:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. --Siebrand 20:28, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for providing images to the Commons. Please keep in mind that images and other files on the Commons must be under a free license and should be useful to the Wikimedia projects. To allow others to use your files, some additional information must be given on the description page. Most importantly:

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Thank you for providing images to the Wikimedia Commons. Please keep in mind that images uploaded to the Commons should be useful to all users of Wikimedia projects. This is possible only if the images can be found by other people.

To allow others to find the images you uploaded here, the images should be in some place that can be found by navigating the category structure. This means that you should put the images into appropriate topic pages, categories, optionally galleries, or both of them (see Commons:Categories). To find good categories for your images, the CommonSense tool may help.

You can find a convenient overview of your uploaded files in this gallery.

The important point is that the images should be placed in the general structure somewhere. There are a large number of completely unsorted images on the Commons right now. If you would like to help to place some of those images where they can be found, please do!

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. --Siebrand 15:48, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. If the file is up for deletion because it has been superseded by a superior derivative of your work, consider the notion that although the file may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new file.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. If the file is up for deletion because it has been superseded by a superior derivative of your work, consider the notion that although the file may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new file.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Hello, and thank your for sharing your files with Commons. There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. Please remember that all uploads require source, author and license information. Could you please resolve these problems, which are described on the page linked in above? Thank you. Siebrand 15:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)This message was placed by an automated process. Please go to Commons:Help desk if you need help.

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful informations about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

Thanks for uploading Image:Norddeutsches Bundesgesetzblatt 1869 020 186.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Sdrtirs (talk) 23:06, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

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We don't know each other, but I've been actively recruiting people to apply for Administrator, so I hate to see us lose one. I don't think you're going to win this -- you need 75% positive votes and that means you'll need about 24 more positive votes to win. There are very rarely that many votes in an RFA.

The problem is clear, although you have edited many more pages than I had when I became an Administrator, your record shows that almost all of them have been files, with only a handful of other edits.

Why don't you do what I did? I decided I wanted to be an Administrator, so I spent a month and a half going through the lists of DRs on a regular basis and making appropriate comments. That got my name in front of Admins, showed that I was serious, and I was then a shoo-in. You could do the same. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 16:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

No, it's not done for good, just for right now. It would probably be good if you withdrew now, rather than let it go to the end. Then, as I say, spend some time on DRs for a while and reapply. I will bet that you will then be elected. Read the comment from Amada44 at your RFA -- same thoughts as mine. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 22:06, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Hello I have a Large Hugo Burkner signed. I guess I really do not know what to do with it or how to even take care of itFile:The Monument ERECTED TO LUTHER AT WORMS THE 25 JUNE 1868 AFTER THE SKETCH OF RIETSCHEL 04.JPG

This is a hidden category and serves to relate the image to its source. If it's not incorrect, there's no need to remove it. Do you have a specific rationale for these removals? If the museum is correct, please reinstate them. Thanks, Boo-Boo Baroo (talk) 17:14, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

It is a way for us to attach the "Google Art Project images by museum" to the relevant museum. Once a hidden category is attached to a non-hidden one, you see it in the non-hidden one. No great harm is done by leaving the Google Art category under Category:Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden), and we have done this with all museums. See for example Category:Musée d'Orsay. It is certainly relevant to the museum it is attached to. Will you please revert the removed categories? Boo-Boo Baroo (talk) 17:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't understand your argument, which is fair because I don't speak German :-) -- but I do not understand why a little bit of text at the bottom of the file page is causing you to have such a strong opinion. (Even if the Google category was removed from Category:Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Dresden), all the individual artworks would still have that small, hidden Google-Gemäldegalerie category at the bottom.) Boo-Boo Baroo (talk) 18:19, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

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If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there.

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If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there.

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Hey there A. Wagner! I just developed a small simple script for filemovers and thought that you might use it. Paste importScript('User:Ethically Yours/fileMove.js'); in your skin page (say, vector.js) and reload your browser. You get a small link displaying "File Rename" in your toolbox to Media requiring renaming page. If the feedback is nice I'll add to it to display the number of files in backlog in a small box, but this is just a beta sort of, and anyways there's nothing much special, just that it's quite helpful. Thought you may be interested. Thanks! Ethically Yours (talk) 12:52, 28 January 2015 (UTC)

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